A new teacher resource tool is making it easy and fun to learn more about forestry and the environment.

The new tool includes materials about sustainable forest management, wetlands, papermaking, recycling and climate change in the form of teacher’s tours and workshops about sustainable forestry, lesson plans, slide decks, outdoor activities, contests, interactive games and videos.

What can students – from kindergarten up to grade 12 in both Canada and the U.S. – learn about forestry and the natural world around them? Some interesting topics include:

The secret life of trees

What can soil teach us

How camouflage works

Plants and animals of the boreal forest

How to make paper

Anatomy of a modern paper mill

How to design cardboard packaging

How sustainable forest management is impacting climate change

How to become a pulp and paper chemist

How to become a forest expert

The resource materials are made available from institutions as varied as Ontario’s Lakehead University, Boy Scouts of America, the U.S. Forest Service and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®). To download the teacher resource tool click here.